Cosmo Sheldrake - But Once A Child

Listen to the new album Eye To The Ear here:
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Other than my voice this song is composed entirely out of recordings of a curlew, skylark, snipe, meadow pipit, lapwing, carrion crow and a wood pigeon. I wrote an instrumental version of it as part of an album called Simmerdim: Curlew sounds, a project organised by Merlyn Driver in collaboration with the RSPB’s curlew recovery program. The song evolved and is now a song about ageing and time. Thirty percent of the publishing royalties will be distributed to the RSPB’s curlew recovery program.
Lyrics:
Don’t forget you are
But once a child
Then you get older
Sure, as a mountain
But for a smile
Just for a smile
Just for a while
May I overcome
That which beguiles
And clutches my fingers
And grasps at my toes
Just for a while
Just for a while
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[@GreenDeemonll]

Wait I know this...
NUMINOUS! YES!
I love this album!

[@Corvidriot]

YES, Numinous but with vocals and mixed once more, absolutely incredible. Imagine if years down the line we got lyrics to some of the Wake Up Calls. Endless potential comes from Cosmo’s music

[@angelrios9358]

As a birder, the track being made out of entirely birds got me running around and flapping my hands, and the vocals are wonderful! You're really killing it with this album, and I cant wait for the next one!

[@sharktacos]

Check out his Wake up Call album!

[@angelrios9358]

​@@sharktacosI have and it's definitely one of my favorite albums!

[@victoriajungic]

What a gift :'). It never occurred to me that it would be possible to add on to such a masterpiece. A story to be told over the birds of Numinous.

[@Nikola12567]

This song makes me extremely emotional. I can't get it out of my head. All my best childhood memories suddenly come back, they haunt me and they beg me to experience all of them once again, just one more time🫀

[@animal_gal_adventures9885]

Am I the only one who had to do a double tek when this started playing. "Wait hold on I swear I clicked the eye to ear playlist"

[@atopodentatus]

The instrumental version was already one of my all time favorite musics. This is beautifull

[@Someone_in_this_foul_world]

I am beyond words, I genuinely am in the most excited shock right now. The number of songs being released is mindboggling. (Though, I do understand that you had previously finished these songs, and that this is just the cleaned up version)
I would also respectfully like to add, first comment.

[@t00nedd00d]

Hearing an already amazing song become even more amazing is just incredible

[@tuvooakenoak]

numinous!

[@ifw_cf]

Never fails to be what we need.

[@nomad_0036]

this was my fav from the shows album anyway, this is amazing.

[@argleblargle1]

holy hell numinous was the track that first got me into cosmo! glad to see it back

[@jarenaro488]

Mind blowing... Powerful, amazing.

[@Byneford]

I swear I remember hearing this in my favorite video game as a kid!

[@thecattking]

COSSMOOO😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I LOVE THIS ALBUM SM

[@sircharlize2054]

Wonderful! 🎉

[@mics225]

numinous les goo

[@mysterylala7624]

this is the earliest i’ve ever been to a cosmo song abashedfjfjeskskxb

[@frankijupiter]

This is great!

[@bennie1079]

Now hold up a second.
Where have I heard this song before?
Did you put this in a short a little while ago?

[@IamSamys]

The instrumental was called Numinous

[@bennie1079]

@@IamSamys thank you

[@mayrazam]

This scratched my brain

[@inu-hem-110]

NUMINOUS YESS!

[@suzannew4840]

wow this is incredible i love it! is there any way to see your progress/way of working when making this? would love to see your art process.

[@PixelatedFishes]

OH MY GOD

[@SAMIAM52012]

When I listen to this on RUclips music, it automatically switches to Numinous, and I don’t know why.

[@tommyliddell8794]

🌿✨

[@Test_Tube_II]

ooOOOooOo funny sounds!!